A full-orbed Christianity : the protestant churches and social welfare in Canada, 1900-1940

A full-orbed Christianity : the protestant churches and social welfare in Canada, 1900-1940 /

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"Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau look at the ways in which reformers expanded the popular base of Protestant churches through mass revivalism, established social work and sociology in Canadian universities and church colleges, and aggressively sought to take a leadership role in social refo...

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Main Author: Christie, Nancy, 1958-
Other Authors: Gauvreau, Michael, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal, Qué. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 22.
Subjects:
Church and social problems > Canada > History > 20th century.
Protestant churches > Canada > History > 20th century.
Christian sociology > Canada > History > 20th century.
Church and social problems > Canada > History.
Protestant churches > Canada > History.
Christian sociology > Canada > History.
Canada > Social conditions > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • The "urgency of evangelism"
  • Reviving the religion of the vernacular
  • To "complete the circle of scientific theology"
  • A "uniting social aim": the protestant churches and social work in equipoise
  • The protestant churches, the social survey, and "rural planning"
  • The social service council of Canada: "a clearing-house" for the modern state
  • The united church and the "revival of personal religion."

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